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<h1>Class: Site</h1>
<h2 class='summaryURI'>http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#Site</h2>
<h2>Asserted Class Hierarchy</h2>
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<a href="Entity___165907323.html" title="http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1#Entity">Entity</a></li><ul class='minihierarchy'>
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<a href="IndependentContinuant___2069123378.html" title="http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#IndependentContinuant">IndependentContinuant</a></li><ul class='minihierarchy'>
<li><span class='active-entity'>Site</span></li><ul class='minihierarchy'>
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<h2>Annotations (4)</h2>
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<span class='annotation-uri'>comment:</span> <span class='literal'>"Comment: An instance of Site [snap:Site] is a mixture of independent continuant [snap:IndependentContinuant] entities which act as surrounding environments for other independent continuant [snap:IndependentContinuant] entities, most importantly for instances of object [snap:Object]. A site [snap:Site] is typically made of object [snap:Object] or fiat object part [snap:FiatObjectPart] entities and a surrounding medium in which is found an object [snap:Object] occupying the site [snap:Site]. Independent continuant [snap:IndependentContinuant] entities may be associated with others (which, then, are site [snap:Site] entities) through a relation of "occupation". That relation is connected to, but distinct from, the relation of spatial location. Site [snap:Site] entities are not to be confused with spatial region [snap:SpatialRegion] entities. In BFO, site [snap:Site] allows for a so-called relational view of space which is different from the view corresponding to the class spatial region [snap:SpatialRegion] (see the comment on this class)."</span> (string)</li>
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<span class='annotation-uri'>comment:</span> <span class='literal'>"Definition: An independent continuant [snap:IndependentContinuant] consisting of a characteristic spatial shape in relation to some arrangement of other continuant [snap:Continuant] entities and of the medium which is enclosed in whole or in part by this characteristic spatial shape. Site [snap:Site] entities are entities that can be occupied by other continuant [snap:Continuant] entities."</span> (string)</li>
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<span class='annotation-uri'>comment:</span> <span class='literal'>"Examples: a particular room in a particular hospital, Maria's nostril or her intestines for a variety of bacteria."</span> (string)</li>
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<span class='annotation-uri'>label:</span> <span class='literal'>"site"</span> (string)</li>
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<h2>Superclasses (1)</h2>
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<a href="IndependentContinuant___2069123378.html" title="http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#IndependentContinuant">IndependentContinuant</a></li>
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<h2>Disjoints (5)</h2>
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<a href="FiatObjectPart___-1625209779.html" title="http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#FiatObjectPart">FiatObjectPart</a>, <a href="MaterialEntity___-2005217909.html" title="http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#MaterialEntity">MaterialEntity</a>, <a href="Object___-1267021450.html" title="http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#Object">Object</a>, <a href="ObjectAggregate___-1355835915.html" title="http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#ObjectAggregate">ObjectAggregate</a>, <a href="ObjectBoundary___-872727892.html" title="http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#ObjectBoundary">ObjectBoundary</a></div><!-- disjoints (5) -->
<h2>Usage (1)</h2>
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<a href="IndependentContinuant___2069123378.html" title="http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#IndependentContinuant">IndependentContinuant</a> <span class='keyword'>≡</span> <a href="MaterialEntity___-2005217909.html" title="http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#MaterialEntity">MaterialEntity</a> <span class='keyword'>or</span> <a href="ObjectBoundary___-872727892.html" title="http://www.ifomis.org/bfo/1.1/snap#ObjectBoundary">ObjectBoundary</a> <span class='keyword'>or</span> <span class='active-entity'>Site</span></li>
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